About Idea Marketing Group
Idea Marketing Group is a Chicago web design and marketing agency that says it started on 15 July 2009. It sold its office building in 2022 and works remotely, and says CloudMellow acquired it in 2023. Its stated focus is consumer goods and manufacturing brands. The case studies and portfolio filters also show food and beverage, restaurants and a Chicago nonprofit.
It builds only on WordPress and says it does not use templates or page builders. Its site lists a website roadmap, an SEO strategy, content, UX and UI, and custom development with APIs and databases. It also sells website support, hosting for sites it built, Google Ads management, monthly SEO and content plans, and marketing audits. It says it has been a certified Google partner since 2009.
Unusually, it publishes its rates. All work is billed at $180 an hour, rising to $350 for rush work within 24 business hours. Website builds start at $35,000. SEO and content plans start at $2,450 a month, ad management at $475 a month per channel plus the click budget, and analytics plans at $285 a month. Its rates page says marketing plans carry a separate one-time planning fee. Support packs are blocks of hours at discounted rates that expire after a year.
It does not support Wix, Squarespace, Drupal or Joomla, and its managed hosting is sold only for sites it built. Case studies on its site cover Phil Stefani Signature Restaurants, Superior Beverage, Carmex, a sports gear maker and the nonprofit BPI Chicago. The contact page lists a phone number and a Michigan Avenue address, and it offers a booking step after the quote form. Ask who owns the site code if you leave, and what the planning fee is.
Online Agency Network compiled this profile from the agency’s own website in October 2026. The agency has not claimed the listing, and it does not carry the Verified badge. An agency that claims its listing can correct it and add budgets, case studies and team details.